The recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the United States is historic, with Joe Biden becoming the first president in United States history to use the word "genocide" to describe the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

After Hagia Sophia, the Turkish president is turning the historic Monastery of Chora, which functioned until today as a museum, into a mosque and has magnificent mosaics.

Pro-Erdogan media expressed annoyance caused by Greek FM Dendias' visit to Istanbul.